gosh, what's with this duo?! (whatever it is, that is great...They are just awesome the way they are ;) )

feeling so bad for amy and sapana. ( :''( )

love how amy says she means everything to me.

though place and time is not ryt for romance(hahaha true...well the msg is from deep heart, and no matter what even if he hadn't said it i am sure Sapana could read his eyes and listen to his heart beats :) )

*mystic.moon*IF-Dazzler

firstly, it's so short ud. (U already knew this one was a short one... that is if you remember from one yr ago :| )

but nvm as chap 10 was long. []

secondly, sorry for editing this late. (np)

for the ud, it's terrific as always.

love it, (Thanx a ton, glad u liked it )

so they find armaan. (yup)

chuddy buddy! (n yupp chuddy buddy is more intense than just best friends ;) )

sry. dont mean to laugh in such perplexing situation. (no need of that innocent face!)

Armaan sighs, "That is what I was trying to say." (I know, I find myself smiling at this one too...its just more friendly in this kind of situation )

haha veer as always, too funny. (well this 'too funny' of his is wt makes him special ;) )

dsnt understand the depth of situation (but yeah, true this...bt as is cs says, always joking no matter how serious the surrounding is )

but love him this way only. ( )

"they are just seven and we are two...it's so unfair to them," stressing on the word 'so'. (hahahaa lmao that is VEER for ya! )

OMG! is he serious or what?! (well, he sounded serious, aint he? )

so, finally he gets serious!

about time veer. (I know ryt)

haha armaan's so shocked! (lol well they all are just 17 yet! and practically he hasnt seen his 'chuddy buddy' or himself fight goons! and the more shock comes when you see a girl fighting the goons down in a better way than a guy...)

*mystic.moon*IF-Dazzler

The
night passed by, Armaan and Veer spent half night talking and the rest half
they naturally fall asleep, Sukirti was in her own little world, half of her
worries was gone upon finding Armaan but the tension had not subsided
completely. But, she knew that they will have to wait till morning as it is too
dark to move any further and all three of them were tired and hungry like hell.
The two sainiks who had managed to escape told their leader about Veer and
Sukirti's arrival. The leader was happy to know that finally Sukirti came in
his reach but got angry hearing that she is not alone and they have managed to
save Armaan.

Sapana,
who was sitting in the corner of the room and crying and worrying for Armaan,
Also heard this and her heart got relief on hearing that Armaan is with Veer
and Sukirti and nothing has happened to him. She was smiling to herself when, the
leader came to her in anger and pulled her up by her hair.

"Ouch!"

"I
made a big mistake leaving him alive but not you, not at all. I myself am going
to finish you."

Sapana's
eye goes as huge as an owl's when she hears this. She stumbles back in fear.
There was no way she could escape from this place. The sainiks were guarding
that place in all four directions. She had lots of stuff going on in her mind
at the same time. She felt as if all of a sudden the ground vanished from below
her legs, she kneeled down on her knees and buried her face in her lap and
started crying, again. She says to
herself, "Armaan, looks like I am not going to see you ever again."

***************

Sukirti
is standing against a tree some distance away from where Veer and Armaan were, she
was facing away from them and thinking about from where to start, coincidently
the cat chase had lead them to Armaan but that's not going to happen every
time.

"You
okay?"

Sukirti
turned around to see Veer some distance away from her. She smiled a little and
nodded her head yes.

Veer
still continued, "I know I shouldn't have said liked that but, it just came
out..."

Sukirti
sighed and walked near him, put her hand on his shoulder and said, "I think
this is the third time I am saying - I am fine. Don't worry about what happened
or what you said," smiled cutely at him and added, "Duffer!"

Veer
raising his brows, "And I think this is more than infinity times I am saying I
am not a duffer," adds with and evil smile, "Teacher."

Sukirti
gasped, "Veer!"

This
little interaction definitely didn't go unnoticed by Armaan.

***************

Sapana
was still crying.

A
woman comes in and walks to Sapana, sits beside her and put the dish she was
holding on floor and said, "Eat the food dear, you cried a lot...now get some
energy."

Sapana
looks up at the women. Her cheeks were wet with tears. Now even if she wanted
to cry there were no more tears left to shed. Sapana spoke between sniffs, "I
am not hungry and anyways what's the point of eating now... I will be killed
soon..."

The
woman puts a calming hand on Sapana's shoulder and says, "Putri (Dear one for
daughter in royal tone) I know this guy is not nice and he does not care for
anyone except for himself. But you and your friend do care for each other," she
pauses for a moment and then continues, "if not for you than eat it for him.
Also, your other two friends have also found him and they will soon save you
too from this place. And till than you have to fight and this can only happen
if you eat something hmmm..." She looks at Sapana to see if her little speech
made any effect on the poor soul or not.

Sapana
smiles lightly at this and says, "Yes, I guess you are right I have to fight
for myself, I can't give up so easily, after all, around Armaan I am always
acting like I am strong no matter if I am a girl, I guess it's time to prove
myself right. You know what? I will fight and save my butt."

The
woman smiles, "Now, that's the spirit...common eat something and take some
rest...you have lots to face in coming days."

***************

Veer,
Sukirti and Armaan starts walking not knowing which way they are heading to,
but they have to start some way sooner or later; all three hoped that the path they
have taken leads them to the right place.

Armaan
starts a conversation, "SO, seems like you are right Veer - Naaglok is big."

Veer
looks at Sukirti from corner of his eyes as her replies, "I know I am right. It
is big and this is just a small forest, there is a lot more," he say the last
bit facing Armaan.

After
walking for some time they head splashes of calm water. Two nights and a nearly
half day was about to pass by without any food or water. Not just hearing the
splashes, but all three of them was so thirsty that they could even feel
chilled water in the atmosphere. Turning in the direction from where the
churning of flow of water was making a noise, they surely find a small creek making
a journey towards a big river may be miles away from where they stood. Drinking
plenty of fresh and cool water and killing their thirst three of them resumes their
adventure.

All
three had been quiet and in their own thought. From which Armaan had plenty of unanswered
questions forming in his head.

Starting
from the starting, or at least that what he thought to start from, "So, how did
you found out that we are captured?"

Veer
shrugged, "Sukirti's mom and Naagdev," and looked at him as if that was the
easiest question on the questionnaire.

Upon
hearing this Armaan got another obvious question from his point of view, "Huh..?"

Sukirti
could sense that Armaan's question paper was soon going to led towards the
topic that involved nothing more but her. So, to ignore hearing about herself
she started walking ahead of them.

Armaan
continued, "Isn't her mom in...I don't know what is the place called where I
was born, if this place is called 'Naaglok'?"

Veer
cleared, "I mean her real mom who lives in Naaglok and the place where you were
born is called Insaanlok. Also, Naaglok is a territory inside Insaanlok itself,
along with few more loks(worlds)"

Armaan
getting more and more confused, "I am still confused at that part but will ask more
about it later, okay so, whoever this Sukirti's mom and Naagdev is, how did
they found out?"

And
the questionnaire begins.

"Well,
her mom is Naagrani."

"Naagrani?"

"Naagrani
means Maharani (Queen) of Naaglok."

"No
ways! Queen? So, that means Sukirti is Rajkumari?"

"Yes,
she is Rajkumari - the so called 'only' princess of Naaglok."

"Wow,
lots of suprises this Naaglok holds. Do all those in Insaanlok know about this
territory? I surely didn't, and even though I hate history I could hundred percent
say that we never studied anything about this topic in any of the history
classes."

Veer
laughs, "Dude, Naaglok is a secret place, as I said it is situated inside a
forest in the Northwest of India, the forest is located on the map but no ones
has ever been survived to walk that deep inside the forest to come discover
Naaglok."

"I
see, so you are saying there are other territories like Naaglok?"

"Yes,
you don't want to know any more than that."

"I
surely don't, I am having enough by just knowing this much."

"You
know I never thought that I will be walking in some jungle of Naaglok with my
one and only best friend that is as normal as a person can be."

"Yeah,
I also never thought, that my best friend was not complete human, but half
snake."

"Hey,
I am not a snake; we are 'Wishful' humans."

"Yeah,
yeah same thing for me, anyways moving ahead. Are you serious, Sukirti is some
kind of royal?"

"As
serious as I can be!"

While
Armaan was busy shooting questions and Veer was rapid firing the answers, Sukirti
had made enough distance between the guys and herself. But, she suddenly, stopped
dead in her tracks when she thought she heard something more than now, just mummers
of Veer and Armaan talking.

Realizing
what it was that she head, she aggressively turned in her heel and yelled, "Veer!"

Hearing
her frantic voice both Veer and Armaan stopped talking and jerked their head in
front to see Sukirti quiet a distance ahead. Clearly seeing that Veer didn't
understood what was up, Sukirti ran her way back towards them. She put more effort
in her legs when she saw two men coming near Veer and Armaan from behind their
backs.

One
of them had just raised their sword and was about to slash Veer, but before
that can happen Sukirti pushed Veer out of the way, making him push Armaan and
both of the guys fell down by the sudden reaction of Sukirti.

"Aaahhh"
Both Veer and Armaan jerked their heads up and got on their feet as the
realization of what just happened hit them like a hurricane.

In
vein of saving Veer, Sukirti was now on Veer's spot. As the sword slashed
through her upper right shoulder joint all the way down to her left lower
waist. She bit her lips as hard as she can, but no able to help it she wailed
out in pain and squeezed her eyes shut.

The
men had cam a swift as a hurricane left a rough damage by leaving a big
diagonal scar on Sukirti's back.

Veer's
eyes got big, he stretched his hand out in terror, "SUKIRTI"

And
everything faded and next she hearing emptiness and seeing nothing else by
blackness all around her.

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